“Moments after his surprising, dramatically improved A&M team had just finished walloping No. 15 Mississippi State 38-13, Kevin Sumlin ran toward the maroon throng of people still going bonkers at Davis Wade Stadium and flung his white visor into the crowd, like a bride flinging a bouquet,” Harris said. “The lucky fan who caught it held onto it with the grip of death, like she had caught a drumstick at a sold-out rock concert.

“To A&M fans after just nine games, Sumlin is a rock star.”

Previous coaches have been appreciated at A&M but none have generated as much hype and approval as Sumlin has in his short time at A&M. Much has to do with the team’s success but as Harris writes he has an attitude that won’t accept failure which surely gravitates to fans liking.

“The long-suffering, loyal-to-a-fault fanbase has every reason to laud their new head man. Sumlin has changed an entire mindset,” Harris said. “His confidence – heck, his cockiness – has rubbed off on his players in a way that they play like they truly believe they’re going to win every time they step on the field – big, bad SEC be damned.”

The Aggies have a chance to prove their head man is right this weekend when they take on the Crimson Tide of Alabama on a primetime stage. One can only imagine what Sumlin’s rock star status would elevate to if the Aggies were able to do the impossible and create an upset.